The New York Times has published a list of the 100 highest-paid CEOS at U.S. public companies in 2012.
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) chief executive Larry Ellison is far and away the highest paid CEO on the list, as his $96.2 million in 2012 compensation dwarfs every other member on the list.
The top ten...

On the first trading day of the New Year the U.S. stock market exploded higher in the wake of a last-minute Congressional deal to avert the fiscal cliff. Investor exuberance sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average rocketing more than 300 points higher to over 13,400.
The Nasdaq did even better,...